Sunday, August 12, 2007
I've grown to really like watching golf in the last couple years. I have a daughter who loves watching it with me. I've played a bit over the years, but not regularly, not often. I think the game has real beauty on many levels: The course itself, the elegant simplicity of the game—put the ball on the ground here, hit it into the hole over there, count how many hits it takes—and I enjoy the fact that it's a game that is not a metaphor for war. You basically play the course and yourself. Isn't that really a metaphor for life, instead?
And so Tiger has three stroke lead going into the final round of the PGA today; his partner will be Stephen Ames. Tiger will be looking for his 13th major championship, Ames for his first. I love to see Tiger play well and win because of the excellence of his play and because by all accounts he's a good man off the course. I just watched an interview with Ames and was impressed. He's a good man with a sense of humor who's been a contender in a major for the first couple times this year and is excited by that. I wish them both well today and tip my hat to how well they play a very difficult game.
And so Tiger has three stroke lead going into the final round of the PGA today; his partner will be Stephen Ames. Tiger will be looking for his 13th major championship, Ames for his first. I love to see Tiger play well and win because of the excellence of his play and because by all accounts he's a good man off the course. I just watched an interview with Ames and was impressed. He's a good man with a sense of humor who's been a contender in a major for the first couple times this year and is excited by that. I wish them both well today and tip my hat to how well they play a very difficult game.
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